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Will a million schoolchildren play Paralympic sport? | Owen Gibsonhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog/2011/apr/14/paralympic-500-days-blind-football
With barely 500 days to the Paralympics, an effort to change perceptions of disability will feature able-bodied children playing blind football and seated volleyball<p>On Sunday, there will be 500 days to go until the Paralympics opening ceremony. If that fact has passed you by then you're probably not alone.</p><p>Most press mentions of the Paralympics, which begin on 27 August a fortnight after the Olympics closing ceremony, have of late related to its part in the damaging, byzantine <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog/2011/apr/06/boa-locog-colin-moynihan-coe" title="row between Games organisers and the British Olympic Association">row between Games organisers and the British Olympic Association</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog/2011/apr/14/paralympic-500-days-blind-football">Continue reading...</a>SportParalympics 2012Olympic Games 2012Lord CoeJ SainsburyBusinessOlympic GamesThu, 14 Apr 2011 11:09:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog/2011/apr/14/paralympic-500-days-blind-footballPhotograph: Pa Wire/PASebastian Coe, the chairman of the London 2012 organising committee, plays seated volleyball with London schoolchildren to publicise the Paralympics. Photograph: PAPhotograph: Pa Wire/PASebastian Coe, the chairman of the London 2012 organising committee, plays seated volleyball with London schoolchildren to publicise the Paralympics. Photograph: PAOwen Gibson2011-04-14T11:09:10Z